Jeremy Koster

Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
454 Braunstein Hall
513-556-0020
jeremy.koster@uc.edu

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Education

Ph.D., Penn State University, 2007 (Anthropology).

Research Interests

Human evolutionary ecology, optimal foraging theory, hunting dogs, resource conservation, cooperation, Central and South American indigenous societies, ethnographic methods, social network analysis, cultural consensus analysis

Peer Reviewed Publications

Koster, J. M. 2008. "Hunting with dogs in Nicaragua: An optimal foraging approach." Current Anthropology 49: 935-944. [Link]

Koster, J. M. 2008. "The impact of hunting with dogs on wildlife harvests in the Bosawas Reserve, Nicaragua." Environmental Conservation 35: 211-220. [Link]

Koster, J. M. 2008. "Giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) killed by hunters with dogs in the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve, Nicaragua." The Southwestern Naturalist 53: 414-416. [Link]

Koster, J. M. "Hunting dogs in the lowland Neotropics." Journal of Anthropological Research (in press)

Koster, J. M., J. J. Hodgen, M. D. Venegas, and T. J. Copeland. "Is meat flavor a factor in hunters' prey choice decisions?" Human Nature (forthcoming)

Tankersley, K. B., and J. M. Koster. "Sources of stable isotope variation in archaeological dog remains." North American Archaeologist (forthcoming)

Other Publications

Koster, J. M. 2006. "Assessing the sustainability of Baird’s tapir hunting in the Bosawas Reserve, Nicaragua." Tapir Conservation, 15, 23-28. [Link]

Koster, J. M. 2006. "The use of The Observer 5.0 and a Psion handheld computer in a remote fieldwork setting." Field Methods, 18, 430-436. [Link]

Koster, J. M. 2009. "Costly signaling and consensus analysis." Anthropology News, 50 (7), 54. [Link]

Koster, J. M. "Informant rankings via consensus analysis: A reply to Hill and Kintigh" Current Anthropology (forthcoming)

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